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Believer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Place names in the Bible?
Hi,
Please tell me why there are articles placed for what looks like place names like "the Arabah" and "the whole Bithron"?
Samuel 2:29 (New International Version):
All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the whole Bithron and came to Mahanaim.
Please tell me why there are articles placed for what looks like place names like "the Arabah" and "the whole Bithron"?
Samuel 2:29 (New International Version):
All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the whole Bithron and came to Mahanaim.
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e. the gorge or groove): Does not seem to be a proper name; rather it indicates the gorge by which Abner approached Mahanaim. Buhl (GAP, 121) favors identification with Wady `Ajlun, along which in later times a Rom road connected `Ajlun and Mahanaim.
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- the gorge or groove): Does not seem to be a proper name; rather it indicates the gorge by which Abner approached Mahanaim.
- Buhl (GAP, 121) favors identification with Wady `Ajlun, along which in later times a Rom road connected `Ajlun and Mahanaim.
- Others (Guthe, Kurz.
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"The Arabah" = the wilderness / the plain [depending on which translation you prefer] >> see here : http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Arabah
BITHRON - bith'-ron (ha-bithron; holen ten parateinousan, literally "the entire (land) extending"; "the Bithron," i.e. the gorge or gro
BITHRON - bith'-ron (ha-bithron; holen ten parateinousan, literally "the entire (land) extending"; "the Bithron," i.e. the gorge or gro
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There can sometimes be definite articles with place names. "The United States," "The Netherlands," and "The Caribbean," are three modern examples that come to mind.
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